En*tire", n. 1.
Entirely. "Too long to print in entire."
Thackeray.
2. (Brewing) A name originally given
to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of
beer. [Eng.] "Foker's Entire." Thackeray.
En*tire" (?), a. [F. entier, L.
integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-,
negative + the root of tangere to touch. See Tangent,
and cf. Integer.] 1. Complete in all
parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not
deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire
confidence, ignorance.
That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting
nothing.
James i. 4.
With strength entire and free will
armed.
Milton.
One entire and perfect chrysolite.
Shak.
2. Without mixture or alloy of anything;
unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
Pure fear and entire cowardice.
Shak.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the
king.
Clarendon.
3. (Bot.) (a)
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
(b) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf
which has no kind of teeth.
4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
5. Internal; interior. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Syn. -- See Whole, and Radical.